Growth stories

I think when ones kid is just not of the 'standard' type, the mothers are the one who become the most anxious souls. My daughter was born healthy at 3.4 kg, reached all milestone and though has skin problem, Bangalore cold problems but overall has been a healthy (touch-wood) one. I always think may be she ended with my genes, because in her heart she is a south indian, who devours her dosas and rice!
But my son, is all his father. He was also born at 3.4 kg, had covered all his milestones at top class in his 1st year, but somewhere from the 2nd year, he started ending up always on the lower border of the growth graph. This is in terms of both weight and height. To add to the problem I am healthier one, who will put on weight if I just see fatty foods. So when I couldn't make my son in the same category as me, it made me super-anxious. I always thought that people are going to say that I ate all his food. Though my son had a better appetite than my daughter & far lesser visits to doc than her, still his growth was below standard types. When he goes out to play, he is puny compared to the boys who is younger than him.
As I said he is a typical north indian like my hubs, who devours his parata & chicken. But at the end of the day, i simply don't know where all that food ended, because none of it has stuck to him. Till date he is skinny to the bone, the moment he takes off his shirt, I feel as if he has come from Ethiopia. I had pestered my doc to the end, to prescribe something that will make him in the normal graph. But he keeps joking saying as long as he is active why you want to make him obese. Then I consulted some ayurvedic doc, I tired some home medicine, heck I even tried the remedy an auto guy suggested, but none of it seems to work on him.
Some suggested that boys growth happens in spurts, she said he will grow fast at 5 yrs, but nothing happened at his 5th year, then they said wait till he is 7, but he is in his 7th year but whatever spurts are happening its not visible to me. As a consolation my MIL came to my rescue, she said its all in the gene. Its seems even my hubs was a puny child till his college. His growth spurt happened only after 18!
So now I have to wait till his 18th year. If there was any magic formula that will get his growth back to normal, what not would I do to get my hands on it.

p.s. This is written as part of Horlicks Growth+ .Do you think that will be "The Magic Formula" I  waited for these years?! Do you think I stand a chance!?

Review - The Bestseller She wrote

The Bestseller she wrote
   - by Ravi Subramanian

As typical with the author, in this story also the protagonist Aditya is a banker and as a twist he is also an author. He is a typical young author who is confident of his work as well as arrogant, who is basking in his new found glory as well feeling very secured in it. He is a one who has got it all but don't know the value of them.
He has a lovely wife Maya who is an achiever by herself. She is a strong independent women who choose to be Aditya's wife.
There is also Shreya who is the other protagonist that you actually want to kill.

The story starts with a typical bang of adultery. It actually felt like watching Poison Ivy or any other 90s thriller film. I actually felt that the author has lost his skill and have started to re-produce some Indianized Hollywood movie stories. But how wrong I was..

As typical of Ravi there came a major twist in the story. I usually pride myself in guessing whats going to happen next and in only a very rare cases have my guesses missed its mark. But unbelievably in all of Ravi's book my guesses never come true, which tends to prove on how good a story teller Ravi is. And also how well he has understood on what the reader might be expecting to happen next and how to give something unexpected.

I am a huge fan of Sidney Sheldon, not because of the sex scenes but actually because of his characters. In all of SS books, the women protagonist will be a strong women and also no matter what is their characters, SS will never categorize them as bad. At the end, all the deeds will be justified.

In similar line, Ravi characterization is also the same. At the end of the book, there is no villan. All of them actually did what they were supposed to do, everything was justified. As a reader this gives me a closure when I close the book. When I started this book, I was scrumming in my seat as going thru the book and praying when it will end (I can never close a book without reading full). But when it actually ended I felt bad, as I was so hooked to it.

I used to read Sidney Sheldon book in one go and in the same way I was never able to read any of the Indian authors, but Ravi's book is the only Indian authored book that I just couldn't put it down and actually completed within a day. That says volume. Actually I was piled on work both on personal front and professionally that I couldn't get away to write a review sooner. But this is a review that I cant say no too no matter how late it comes. Hats off Ravi, keep writing more such good ones.

My Rating: 5/5 

Overview of the book:

Paperback king, Aditya Kapoor’s life is straight out of a modern man’s fantasy. His literary stardom is perfectly balanced by a loving wife and a spectacular career. With everything he touches turning to gold, Aditya is on a winning streak.
Shreya Kaushik is a student with a heart full of ambition. Young, beautiful, and reckless, Shreya speaks her mind and obsessively chases after what she wants. And what she wants is to be a bestselling author.
What happens when their worlds collide? Is it possible to love two people at the same time? Can real ambition come in the way of blind passion? Can trust once broken, be regained?
Master storyteller Ravi Subramanian, delves into the glitzy world of bestsellers and uncovers a risky dalliance between a superstar novelist and his alluring protégé.
The Bestseller She Wrote is a combustible cocktail of love, betrayal and redemption.

About Author: 
Ravi Subramanian, an alumnus of IIM Bengaluru, has spent two decades working his way up the ladder of power in the amazinglyexciting and adrenaline-pumping world of global banks in India. For Ravi, The Bestseller She Wrote,  marks the beginning of a new chapter in his writing. A significant departure from his usual fare, this is Ravi’s first book on romantic intrigue.
He is the award winning author of seven bestselling books :
    If God was a Banker (2007),     I Bought the Monks Ferrari (2007),     Devil in Pinstripes (2009),     The Incredible Banker (2011),     The Bankster (2012),     Bankerupt (2013).    God is a Gamer (2014).
His 8th book, The Bestseller She Wrote released on October 19th 2015. 

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